Barium swallows after free jejunal transfer: Should they be performed routinely?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1167-1175

  Cordeiro, Peter G ^a   Shah, Kinner ^a   Santamaria, Eric ^a   Gollub, Marc J ^a   Singh, Bhuvanesh ^a   Shah, Jatin P ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JEJUNUM; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0032976053     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199904010-00010     Document Type: Article

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